

A Sad and Beautiful World
Across three decades of passion, loss, and hope, Nino and Yasmina are bound by a magnetic relationship. Torn between love and survival, they must decide whether to build a family in Lebanon or leave their home despite tragedies.
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)18 Aug 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2025
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2026
- PremiereLebanese Film Festival5 Sept 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereInternational Film Festival of Ottawa22 Mar 2026
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival16 Oct 2025
- Theatrical1425 Jun 2026
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival13 Jun 2026
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival3 Jul 2026
FranceFR
- Theatrical18 Feb 2026
- TVTPCiné+ Festival23 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereFilmfest Hamburg1 Oct 2025
- Theatrical1220 Aug 2026
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival31 Aug 2025
LebanonLB
- PremiereMetropolis Beirut5 Sept 2025
- Theatrical29 Jan 2026
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical124 Jun 2026
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A Sad and Beautiful World was released on 29 January 2026.
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1- B6/10
Brent Marchant
7/22/2026
For many, life in Lebanon is a paradox – a country that simultaneously embodies the qualities of hope and despair (even though the focus tends to be more on the latter than the former). Nevertheless, both traits are present, and, in this latest feature from writer-director Cyril Aris, that seeming contradiction is brought down to a human level through this bittersweet love story. Set across three decades beginning in…
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